Space station crew takes a breather with lung tissue investigation
Credit: Joan Nichols. The microgravity environment of the International Space Station impacts nearly every system within the human body. Researchers ...
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Trial shows drug can dramatically reduce weight of people with obesity
A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with ...
Cryo-EM reveals ignition mechanism for DNA replication
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute and Dr. Huilin Li. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 23, 2017) -- An international ...
Scientists write ‘traps’ for light with tiny ink droplets
Credit: None A microscopic 'pen' that is able to write structures small enough to trap and harness light using a ...
Vaquita porpoise rescued as part of VaquitaCPR conservation project, then released
Credit: VaquitaCPR San Felipe, Baja California - Scientists with the VaquitaCPR conservation project and Mexico's Secretary of the Environment Rafael ...
Carbon coating gives biochar its garden-greening power
Credit: Nikolas Hagemann/University of Tübingen For more than 100 years, biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance made from oxygen-deprived plant or ...
The Graduate Center and Princeton University explore the interface between physics and biology
Credit: The Graduate Center NEW YORK, October 20, 2017 - The Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New ...
Building new moss factories
For millions of years, plants have been producing highly complex molecules out of simple chemical building blocks, sustainably and cheaply. ...
US ocean observation critical to understanding climate change, but lacks long-term nat. planning
WASHINGTON - The ocean plays a critical role in climate and weather, serving as a massive reservoir of heat and ...
US ocean observation critical to understanding climate change, but lacks long-term national planning
WASHINGTON - The ocean plays a critical role in climate and weather, serving as a massive reservoir of heat and ...
Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center hosts 4th Annual PTCOG-NA Conference in Chicago
The Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center will host over 200 leading clinicians, physicists and researchers in the growing field of ...
Early data shows nearly 2x prolonged median survival for inoperable pancreatic cancer
Credit: Parag Parikh, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis ViewRay, Inc. ...
Benson Hill launches gene editing system
LONDON, UK. -- October 19, 2017 -- Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company dedicated to unlocking the natural genetic ...
Researchers demonstrate new ways to achieve selectivity for biomarkers in bioelectronics
Credit: University of Arizona Engineers at the University of Arizona have experimentally verified the electrochemical processes that control charge transfer ...
Creating a better RNA switch
If scientists could precisely regulate gene expression, they could turn off the genes responsible for illness and disease and turn ...
USDA helps small businesses develop new agricultural products, technology
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...
Suicide molecules kill any cancer cell
Super assassin in every cell is poised to take out cancer cells Cancer cells treated with certain human RNA molecules ...
Gut bacteria may hold clues to Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - The saying "Listen to your gut" is taking on new meaning in the hunt ...
Researchers watch in real time as fat-encased drug nanoparticles invade skin cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Some anti-cancer drugs are encapsulated to allow gradual release, spreading their effect over a ...
From Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde of cancer immunotherapy
Novel immunotherapies can strengthen the body's own defenses against cancer cells. Treatment of patients with advanced disease can promote partial ...